Animation


What is animation?
For an interesting answer to this question read the following... it is a great intro to animation as an medium/artform.



“To animate” means….
to bring to life... to breathe life into [something].



Animation, like film, is essentially an optical illusion which depends on the persistence of vision.
Animation and film have many techniques and conventions in common (camera movements and angles for example: Fade in/out, zoom in/out, pan, tilt, etc). As we study animation we’ll also need to learn some of the basics that also apply to film.